ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Hello Everyone! I’m very pleased to report that we are getting very close to reopening our parishes. Thanks to a lot of hard work by our Archdiocese and our ...

Dear High School Class of 2020, As your pastor, I wanted to take a moment to write to you to offer my sincere condolences that the present situation regardin...

On Sunday, April 26th, we heard the famous story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus and their encounter with the Jesus. Their encounter was marked by...

To all our parishioners with young children, I wanted to take a moment today to thank you for being a part of our parish and for teaching your children how t...

Dear Parishioners, I am excited to announce that we have hired Mrs. Kristin Silva to serve as our school principal. Mrs. Silva grew up in Tacoma and was a me...

Como personas de fe, es esencial que nos unamos en oración por el fin del brote de COVID-19, así como por todos los afectados por el virus y sus consecuencia...

As people of faith, it is essential that we unite in prayer to pray for an end to the COVID-19 outbreak as well as all those impacted by the virus and potent...

To all of our wonderful parishioners, By now you have likely heard the news that our Archbishop has directed us to suspend all public Masses immediately. Th...

A couple years ago, I started to consider taking parishioners on a pilgrimage. I wasn’t sure where I felt called to go, and so I presented the idea at a sta...

This was originally published in our parish Bulletin on September 9th 2018. It has been slightly edited and expanded from the original version. The final p...

I’m not writing because I have anything profound to say about sexual abuse in the Church. My own thoughts haven’t settled yet. I want to say something to m...

The Church is in need of conversion right now. I mean every Catholic needs to go through a process of changing their mind and heart. This even includes Cat...

When I look back at my childhood and teenage years, the times I feel that I was the most loved were the times my parents told me, “No.” Granted, when I was ...

Like many of you, I have been troubled by the tidal wave of accusations of sexual harassment and assault coming out of Hollywood and Washington D.C. Even th...

Recently, I wrote an open letter to protestants of Cowlitz and Wahkiakum County, which you can view here. This is a follow up that goes a little deeper into...

Dear Protestants of Cowlitz County and Wahkiakum County, As the Pastor of most of the Catholics in our counties, I wanted to write to you as the 500th annive...

This is part 3 of a series about the relationship between religious faith and science, according to the history and Tradition of the Catholic Church. In Par...

In Part 1 of this series we demolished the popular narrative that the Catholic Church has held scientific progress back. Using the history of science, we sh...

One of the most common reasons people dismiss religion today is because it is understood to be opposed to science. Along with this is the perception that re...

For the last several years, Claudia Alvarez has served our parishes as a staff member. She is our parish secretary and directs our children’s faith formatio...